Map Section 5 - Building B
First Baptist Church of Orange
1837
When East Orange separated from Orange in 1863,
the Baptist Church shown above was already established (1837) on
North Maple Avenue and Railroad Place (today called Church Place)
and was known as First Baptist Church of Orange. The congregation
later built a new building on Main Street and Hawthorne Avenue
and changed its name to the First Baptist Church of East Orange
(see Section 5 - building J). The above building was then taken
over by an African American Baptist congregation (Calvary Baptist
Church) in 1891, and today it is known as Green Pastures
Missionary Baptist Church.
This is the first known photo of the Church,
taken c. 1890
This photo was taken to show the North Maple
Avenue train bridge before the train tracks were elevated, but
includes the church on the right side of the picture. The picture
was taken c. 1904.